Thursday, January 31, 2013

Last Call

Syria warned on Thursday of a possible "surprise" response to Israel's attack on its territory and Russia condemned the air strike as an unprovoked violation of international law.

Damascus could take "a surprise
decision to respond to the aggression of the Israeli warplanes", Syrian
ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul-Karim Ali said a day after Israel
struck against Syria.

"Syria
is engaged in defending its sovereignty and its land," Ali told a
website of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Syria and Israel have
fought several wars and in 2007 Israeli jets bombed a suspected Syrian
nuclear site, without a military response from Damascus.

Diplomats,
Syrian rebels and regional security sources said on Wednesday that
Israeli jets had bombed a convoy near the Lebanese border, apparently
hitting weapons destined for Hezbollah. Syria denied the reports, saying
the target had been a military research center northwest of Damascus.

Hezbollah,
which has supported Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as he battles an
armed uprising in which 60,000 people have been killed, said Israel was
trying to thwart Arab military power and vowed to stand by its ally.

It's not much of a surprise if you announce it beforehand, guys. Still, with Russia now involved in this mess, Israel is not exactly helping things. Odds really are pretty good that the Syrian convoy was going to Hezbollah, but jumping borders in order to bomb it still rather counts as a belligerent act, even in the era of drones in my everywhere.

At this point getting a Secretary of Defense confirmed to help America formulate options with this festering pile of crap now on SecState Kerry's plate would be a good idea, yes?

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